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16 Cards in this Set
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The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
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Alliteration
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Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed verse that has either no metrical pattern or an irregular pattern.
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Free Verse
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A story in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.
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Allegory
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Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure.
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Antithesis
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Argument that attacks the person rather than his/her position.
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Ad Hominem
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Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action.
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Ambivalence
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A short statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about life
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Aphorism
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A bitter and abusive speech or writing.
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Diatribe
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Designed or intended to teach a lesson or provide information.
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Didactic
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Moving from topic to topic without order.
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Discursive
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The stating of an assertion or belief without proof. Based on a belief system or viewpoint rather than logical reasoning.
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Dogmatic
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A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something.
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Epithet
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The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend.
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Euphemism
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The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
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Anaphora
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The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. Epistrophe (also called antistrophe) is thus the counterpart to anaphora.
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Epistrophe
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